Z2 Georg Thiele

Wrecked

Type	Destroyer
Class	Type 1934
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5″ guns

Carried troops to Narvik and fought in both battles there. Badly damaged on 13 April 1940, she held the narrows while her consorts got away, then ran herself aground in the Rombaksfjord.

Destroyer Z1 Leberecht Maass, booklet for identification of ships, published by the Division of Naval Inteligence of the Navy Department of the United States. Photo: Division of Naval Intelligence of the Navy Department of the United States, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × single 12.7 cm (5 in) guns
2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns
6 × single 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns
2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
60 mines
4 depth charge throwers and 6 individual racks; 32–64 depth charges

Builder	Deutsche Werke, Kiel
Laid down	25 October 1934
Launched	18 August 1935
Commissioned	27 February 1937
Displacement	2,223 long tons (2,259 t) (standard)
Length	119 m (390 ft 5 in) o/a
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement	325

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

18 August 1935

German landing at Narvik

Survived

9 April 1940

First Battle of Narvik

Damaged

10 April 1940

Came out from Ballangen

Second Battle of Narvik

Wrecked

13 April 1940

Torpedoed Eskimo; ran ashore in the Rombaksfjord